Later that night, Benny was in the kitchen with his little sister, Jane.
"Wow, Benny, it must be pretty embarrassing needing a babysitter in high school," she teased.
"Shut up, Jane," Benny retorted as Mrs. Weir came into the room. She looked at the two of them and sighed.
"Now I want you two to be on your best behaviour when the babysitter gets here, okay?" she said, giving them a stern look. Jane nodded innocently.
"Of course, grandma," she chirped. Benny rolled his eyes.
"Whatever you say, grandma," he muttered, standing up to go up into his room. He moved to his desk and saw that Rory was requesting to video chat.
"Hey Benny, has the babysitter got there yet?" he asked. Benny sighed.
"No, Rory, I'm staying in my room as protest," he said.
"Well I'm not!" Rory exclaimed. "I'm there when the babysitter's there."
Benny rolled his eyes. "Good luck with that."
He hung up promptly, and leaned back in his chair.
Downstairs, Jane was saying goodbye to Mrs. Weir.
"Where are you going?" she asked curiously.
"Well I'm just going bowling with Rory's parents," she answered, kissing her forehead. "I'll be back at midnight, and I expect that you'll be sleeping by then, right?"
Jane groaned. "Fine."
"Then have a good night, dear," she said sweetly, and left.
Benny came down the stairs as the door closed and looked at Jane. "Has grandma left?"
Jane nodded. "I might just watch a Dusk movie until I fall asleep."
"Whatever, I'm going to take a nap," Benny said. "Wake me up when Rory's here, okay?"
"Whatever, loser," Jane said, sticking out her tongue. Benny sighed, and went upstairs to go to sleep.
Meanwhile, Erica and Sarah were arguing in the forest.
"Look, Erica, I'm sorry I wasn't with you at the Dusk movie, but you know that it is just a movie, right?" Sarah said. Erica, clearly mad, looked at her in shock.
"Just, a movie?" she gasped. "Oh my god, who are you?"
"Erica, I'm sorry. Can we just drop it? I have to go babysit some people and—"
"Whatever, Sarah," she muttered. "Have fun babysitting and smooching your boyfriend when you aren't supposed to."
Before Sarah could protest, she stomped off. Suddenly, Sarah felt a cold chill behind her, and when she turned around, she was greeted with Jesse.
"Are you girls talking about me?" he asked innocently. Sarah pulled back.
"Leave me alone, Jesse," she growled. Jesse grabbed her arm and pulled her closer.
"You aren't avoiding me, are you?"
"Listen, Jesse, I just need more time," Sarah argued. "Plus, you said this was up to me!"
Jesse mockingly nodded his head from side to side. "Tick, tock...time's up."
He walked towards her threateningly, and she looked scared.
"Why fight it, Sarah?" Jesse exclaimed. "You're the one who said you liked vampires!"
Sarah was really angry now. "I never said that I wanted to be one!"
She kicked him in the face, and Jesse flew back. He slowly rose, and flashed his fangs at her, looking furious.
"You shouldn't have done that," he growled, as he grabbed Sarah and threw her into the night sky.
The doorbell rang.
Jane heard it and she got up from the couch and went to the door.
"I'm coming!" she exclaimed, and opened the door to see Sarah, with her hair covered in leaves and dirt marks on her face.
"Hey, I'm Jane," she greeted, "who are you?"
Sarah blinked. "Oh, I'm Sarah. I'm your babysitter. Is this the Weir's house?"
"Yup, come in!" Jane said, allowing Sarah to walk in. She closed the door behind her, which resulted in a loud bang.
"I'm up, I'm up!" Benny exclaimed, stumbling down the stairs with plastic fangs in his mouth and DVD's in his hands. "Okay, Rory, I got pop, chips, and the first season of The Bloodsucker Diaries.Who…"
He looked at Sarah and a smugly smiling Jane, and popped the fangs out of his mouth.
Sarah faced Jane with a forced smile. "Where's your bathroom?"
"Down the hall, to your left," she answered, and Sarah left. Benny looked at Jane.
"Is that my robo-babe from school?" he murmured. Jane frowned.
"That's your babysitter," she explained slowly, "and what's a robo-babe?"
In the bathroom, Sarah suddenly received a text from Erica.
You think you are the only one who can break the rules?
Attached was a picture of Erica at Jesse's mansion, and Sarah's eyes widened — her friend was in trouble if she was anywhere close to Jesse.
She stared at her fading reflection and sighed, walking out to meet Jane and Benny in the kitchen.
"Look, you two don't really need a 'sitter, do you?" she asked. Plus "I think one of my friends are in trouble."
"Depends on what you mean by need," Benny said smoothly with a wink. Sarah blushed, then brushed it off, and Jane muttered under her breath, "Oh my god, can you be less of a geek for once?"
"By the way," he said, extending a hand, "I'm Benny Weir. Sorry for, uh, spilling juice on you today"
Sarah hesitantly shook it. "I'm Sarah Fox. I'm sorry for snapping at you — just had a lot going on right now. Hence the whole...leaving thing."
They stared at each other, almost transfixed by one another.
"Ahem," Jane coughed, breaking their stare.
Sarah blushed. "I'll see you guys later, okay?"
With that, she left, and Benny faced Jane. She sighed.
"You're going to follow her, aren't you," she deadpanned.
Benny grabbed his bag off the kitchen counter and ruffled her hair.
"Just stay here and don't answer the door, okay?" he said, and left.
Jane groaned. "I hate being eight."